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Peugeot believes it can claim first Hypercar win in 2026 WEC

Buoyed by a strong finish to the 2025 season with two podiums, Peugeot approaches 2026 with ambition

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Peugeot explains choice of zebra-style livery for 2026 WEC Hypercar

Peugeot significantly revamped its livery for the new season, despite the car remaining largely the same

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Theo Pourchaire to replace Stoffel Vandoorne in Peugeot WEC Hypercar line-up

The switch will happen after the upcoming penultimate round of WEC 2025 in Fuji

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Pourchaire to replace Vandoorne in Peugeot WEC Hypercar line-up

The switch will happen after the upcoming penultimate round of WEC 2025 in Fuji

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Le Mans 24 Hours entry list revealed, Wayne Taylor Racing set for debut

Wayne Taylor Racing will contest the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time this year as part of a four-car Cadillac assault on the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event.

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Le Mans 24 Hours entry list revealed with Wayne Taylor Racing making its debut

Wayne Taylor Racing will contest the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time this year as part of a four-car Cadillac assault on the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event.

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Kvyat, Pourchaire lead Formula E rookie line-up for Jeddah E-Prix

Formula E’s Rookie Free Practice session at the Jeddah E-Prix will feature the likes of former Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat and 2023 Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire.

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F2 champion Pourchaire lands WEC reserve role with Peugeot for 2025

Reigning Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire has landed a test and development role with the Peugeot World Endurance Championship squad.

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Peugeot explains decision not to use WEC reserve driver at Spa

A desire to maximise seat time for the regular drivers of its 2024-spec 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, which is making only its second race outing prior to next month's Le Mans 24 Hours, was cited by technical director Olivier Jansonnie as a justification for not giving reserve Malthe Jakobsen a…

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Peugeot 'scratching their heads' after poor Imola WEC qualifying in new-look 9X8

Jean-Eric Vergne insisted that he and the Peugeot Sport team left nothing on the table on the way to 15th position in the opening qualifying session, five places off the cut-off for the Hyperpole final.

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Peugeot 'scratching their heads' after poor Imola WEC qualifying in new look 9X8

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Why Porsche doesn't expect another WEC domination at Imola

Porsche pretty much dominated at the World Endurance Championship season-opener in Qatar back in March. The German manufacturer’s 963 LMDh led all bar 52 of the 355 laps on the way to blocking out the podium positions. But there’s every reason to expect that it is going to have more…

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Upgraded Peugeot 9X8 WEC hypercar has "even more potential than expected"

The French manufacturer found that the switch from the equal-size 31cm-wide tyres of the original car to 29cm fronts and 34cm rears produced a bigger than expected gain on the upgraded 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar.

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Peugeot "surprised" by upgraded 9X8 WEC hypercar performance

The French manufacturer found that the switch from the equal size 31cm wide tyres and rear of the original car to 29cm fronts and 34cm rears produced a bigger than expected gain on the upgraded 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar.

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Peugeot reveals revised 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar with rear wing

First images of a car known as the 9X8 2024 in a new livery reveal a conventional, if low-line rear wing on a car that retains the familiar look of the original version, which entered competition in the final three races of the 2022 season.

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Peugeot won't race its revised 9X8 in WEC season opener

A move that had been widely expected has been confirmed by Peugeot Sport technical director Olivier Jansonnie, who has revealed that the French manufacturer will race in the 2024 WEC curtain-raiser at Qatar in March with a car unchanged from the specification in which it contested last year’s season finale…

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Former Peugeot WRC boss Corrado Provera dies aged 82

The Italian started his career as a journalist prior to a spell working in public relations, but he is perhaps best known in motorsport for managing Peugeot’s return to the WRC in 1999.

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Peugeot plans "big evolution" of Le Mans Hypercar for 2024 WEC

The French manufacturer’s motorsport boss, Jean-Marc Finot, has revealed that the in-house Peugeot Sport team is undertaking what he described as a “big evolution” of the 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, which made its debut in the World Endurance Championship last summer.

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Peugeot: WEC Monza podium boost "huge"

Olivier Jansonnie, technical director on the 9X8 programme at Peugeot Sport, described the third place for Mikkel Jensen, Paul di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne in Sunday’s Monza 6 Hours as “quite logical and well deserved”.

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Peugeot: Monza WEC podium boost "huge" for the team

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Peugeot's Le Mans performance a "turning point" for 9X8 programme

Olivier Jansonnie, technical director at Peugeot Sport, made the claim after the best of its 9X8s led the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on four separate occasions and was running among the frontrunners until the 12th hour of the race.

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Peugeot 'disappointed' by Le Mans speed after missing Hyperpole

Jean-Marc Finot, the French manufacturer’s motorsport boss, said that the in-house Peugeot Sport team was “improving but not by enough” after Mikkel Jensen and Loic Duval ended up outside the top eight cars that have gone through to final qualifying.

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Peugeot keeping focus on reliability above performance for Le Mans return

Olivier Jansonnie, technical director of the 9X8 project at Peugeot Sport, insisted that there is no change in direction at the team despite clean races for its pair of entries in the Hypercar class in each of the past two rounds of the World Endurance Championship at Portimao and then…

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Peugeot keeping focus on reliability above performance for Le Mans return

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Peugeot already working on gearshift fix after Sebring woes

The problem encountered by the #94 car in the opening moments of the Sebring 1000 Miles on Friday and then the #93 early in the second hour was already known to the team, Peugeot Sport technical director Olivier Jansonnie explained after the race.

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